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Teamster Chief James Hoffa Warns Politicians In Both Parties Not To Stand In The Way Of Oil Exploration In Alaska, by Tom Randall

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BACKGROUND: On the issue of oil exploration in Alaska's Arctic National Wildlife Refuge (ANWR), International Brotherhood of Teamsters General President James P. Hoffa told The National Center for Public Policy Research, "ANWR provides expanded energy resources and increased job opportunities ...
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Associated Press Misleads Public With Headline Saying “Study: Drilling Threatens Wildlife,” by Tom Randall

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BACKGROUND: An Associated Press story by Josef Herbert with the headline cited above spends 15 paragraphs explaining how a U.S. Geological Survey study shows how oil exploration in the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge would threaten wildlife there. It is only ...
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Earth Day 2002 Fact Sheet: The Rising Cost of Regulations Since the First Earth Day

The cost of federal regulations, which was $843 billion in 2000, is equal to eight percent of the national gross domestic product.1 Between April 1, 1996 and March 13, 2001 alone, federal regulatory agencies issued 21,653 final rules. Of those, ...
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Earth Day 2002 Fact Sheet: Environmental Progress Since the First Earth Day

Air Quality: Since 1970, aggregate emissions of the six principal air pollutants tracked nationally have been cut by 29 percent. During that same time period, the U.S. Gross Domestic Product increased 158 percent, while energy consumption increased 45 percent. Vehicle ...
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Earth Day 2002 Fact Sheet: Earth Day Reflections

"ANWR (Arctic National Wildlife Refuge) provides expanded energy resources and increased work opportunities for Teamster members and their families. We cannot understand how so-called friends of working families can stand in the way of responsible job creation like ANWR, which ...
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Earth Day 2002 Fact Sheet: Myths and Facts About the Environment

Myth: The science on global warming is sound. CNN reported that a National Academy of Sciences report in 2001 represented "a unanimous decision that global warming is real, is getting worse and is due to man. There is no wiggle ...
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2002 Earth Day Information Center Press Release: “Earth Day Interview Locator Service” and Earth Day Fact Kit Available to Journalists

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The Earth Day Information Center is offering a free Earth Day Interview Locator Service to journalists to assist them in booking environmental experts for Earth Day on April 22, 2002. The interview locator service offers access to scientists and public ...
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Teamsters’ Hoffa Endorses Alaskan Oil Exploration, Says Union Will Remember Politicians Who Vote Against Job Creation & Energy Independence

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International Brotherhood of Teamsters General President James P. Hoffa told The National Center for Public Policy Research that the Teamsters will hold politicians accountable for their opposition to oil exploration in the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge (ANWR) during this fall's ...
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Congress Passes Environmental Legislation to Benefit Blighted Inner-City Communities

Congressional approval of and White House support for legislation that will help clean up areas of urban blight is being hailed by members of the African-American leadership network Project 21 as an environmental achievement that will benefit inner-city minorities. On ...
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Campaign Regulation a Casualty of Terrorist Attack?; Union Asked to Stop Funding of Anti-War Groups; more

David W, Almasi, Editor The National Center for Public Policy Research 20 F Street, NW #700 * Washington, D.C. 20001 (202) 507-6398 * Fax (301) 498-1301 E-Mail: [email protected] Web: http://www.nationalcenter.org Contents * Campaign Regulation a Casualty of Terrorist Attack? * ...
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